Long hrs in preschool/daycare harmful

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Long hrs in preschool/daycare harmful
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Sun, 03-19-2006 - 3:09pm

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051101/news_1n1earlyed.html

Very interesting. Particularly the difference in the middle to upper income kids vs low income.

"I personally feel children need the nurture of their parents and the home," she said. "Those early years, that's when they are bonding to their family. That nurturing, only the family can give that."

I tend to agree.

MM, WOHM to B&E, 7.24.03

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Tue, 04-04-2006 - 9:54am
It's not a question of sensitivity but of accepted definitions of a common term. If what you're doing is homeschooling, then I'd say many, many millions of kids are homeschooled. Most people just call it family life and don't feel it warrants a label usually reserved for something entirely different. Why anyone should feel it necessary to apply such a label is beyond me.
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Tue, 04-04-2006 - 9:56am
i agree, it is amazing. while i am musically inclined in some ways, although i cant sing, i dont know the first thing about playing a baritone, which is my duaghter instrument of choice. and each year as she takes more college level courses i feel certain i will be helpless to help her with those subjects.
Jennie
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Tue, 04-04-2006 - 9:59am
and that is what everyone has been trying to point out to her for what feels like forever.
Jennie
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Tue, 04-04-2006 - 10:09am
It's easy enough and probably harmless to claim professional expertise as long as you still rely on the services of that profession. But doing my own taxes doesn't make me an accountant.
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Tue, 04-04-2006 - 10:14am

While you are waiting for the answer to that post......perhaps you now have time to go further back and respond to the posts that have okie and I sitting waiting for yours?


PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 04-04-2006 - 10:18am

A nine-hour policy won't work for many parents. If a parent works a traditional 8-hour day, with a 1-hour lunch, that's already 9 hours. Then they need time to get to/from daycare. I only live 6 miles from work and my kids are in daycare (well they're school ages, but the time between dropoff and pickup) for 9.5 hours. I can't make it any shorter. If I live "in the country" (as many people here do), or had a commute, it would be more likely 10-10.5 hours.

I think a 9-hour policy is fine, if you have enough clients to keep your doors open with that. Most of the daycares I've used wouldn't. They have needed to allow a minimum of 9.5 hours for many, many, many working parents.

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Tue, 04-04-2006 - 10:18am

Hey, welcome to the board.


PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 04-04-2006 - 10:21am
the only way i could be lying is if you are also lying. in reality the only thing i did was change the meaning of a word to fit my need at the time - something you do on a daily basis. i really would like you explain what it is about what you do with your child that makes it homescooling yet what the rest of us do with our children is not - although from what i can tell we do the same things . if you spend a couple hours a day working with you child on educational things outside of school, and i spend a couple hours a day working with my kids on educational things outside of school, why is one homeschooling and one is not.
Jennie
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Tue, 04-04-2006 - 10:25am

Na, she is probably talking about your claims last year that your child didn't attend the local school district the required number of days (175) because that 175 became 150 after you took out holidays and such.

PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 04-04-2006 - 10:29am
boy, it doesnt mean that in our district. here when they say 185 days they mean 185 days of instructional time. i think they even call it that, but im not sure. we recently got a letter from our new superintendent laying out the exact number of days and the exact number of hours, but i cant seem to find it
Jennie

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